Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '20 at 22:33
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 85.2 1-Core 152 2-Core 304 97% 180 Pts	4-Core 593 8-Core 1,051 99% 822 Pts	64-Core 1,590 98% 1,590 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 13A2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 103 Parallax 102 86% 103 fps	MRender 155 Gravity 101 Splatting 89.3 91% 115 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,423 Write 2,237 Mixed 1,708 472% 2,123 MB/s	4K Read 61.3 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 83.7 282% 99.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,204 DQ Write 993 DQ Mixed 1,107 827% 1,102 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 50GB free Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 53 141 117 114 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 442 Write 341 Mixed 275 SusWrite 142 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 34 4K Mixed 17.8 70% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 88.8 DQ Mixed 42.1 48% 83.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 56%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 37GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 314 313 308 301 247 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 472 Mixed 452 SusWrite 317 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 47.7 158% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 336 253% 338 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 1x16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.1% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 11.3 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.3 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 69%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 178%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA - $340

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	474x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	313x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	264x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	266x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	156x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	120x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	177x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	99x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	71x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	74x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	38x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	28x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,695

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16